Salton Sea Infrared - FIRST PLACE

GRC Photo Contest 2019

Janet Harvey, Heidelberg University, Ladenburg, Germany

Salton Sea Infrared

Overwintering seagulls take flight at dawn from the Salton Sea, Rock Hill, Obsidian Butte and steam from geothermal power plants in the distance. Infrared imagery cuts through the valley haze and shows the western scarp of the Salton Trough. Salton Sea, California, January 2015.